What is a VM Program Manager?

The certification board offers two “tracks” for certification as a CVS.

The first “track” is the traditional method and is designed for persons who facilitate and / or lead VM studies or participate as a team member in VM studies.  A minimum of twelve studies is required for certification and or recertification. 

The second “track” was established by the board to enable VM professionals who are not teaching, nor participating in studies, to achieve CVS status by recognizing their professional role as either a corporate or governmental VM program manager.  A VM program manager’s duties include the management and or direction of an in-house VM program.  The Program Manager is not only responsible for the success of a study, but is also responsible for the overall success of a VM Program.   A minimum of four (4) years as a VM program manager is required for qualifying as a CVS.  An exception to the four year requirement would be for a person who changes jobs during the four year period and shows partial time as a practitioner and partial time as a program manager.  This track is not intended for consultants or those who manage a consulting practice but rather for “users” of VM to achieve their organizational objectives.

Either track leads the person to their “CVS”.

How may I pay my fees for either certification or for an examination?

You may either pay by check made payable and sent to:
Save Certification Board
3460 Pointview Circle
Gainesville, Ga. 30506
Or
SAVE International now has online application and payment available. Simply follow the hyperlink: http://www.value-eng.org/education_certificationprg.php. On that web page, click on the link “Certification/Recertification Online Application”. Please fill out the requested information and the payment information and submit the form. The Certification Board Administrator (Mr. Les Thomas) will receive the information to begin the certification process and the SAVE International business office will process the credit card payment.
Or
Wire to “Bank of America”  “SAVE Certification Board” Bank tracking and account number 063000047 005482124509

I am preparing my application for recertification of my workshop.  Why do I have to submit my workbook?  You should have it on file?

The board requires that all certifications and re-certifications include two copies of the proposed workbook.  This is both for your benefit and “ours” to help ensure that the workshops being taught are presenting at least the minimum required information.
To date, a significant percentage of all workbooks submitted have not met the minimum requirements.   Also, you may now submit everything electronically which greatly expedites the review and approval process.  Should you wish to submit hard copies, you may request to have them returned to you by providing a return mailer. 
(It is important to note that the Board Members and the Administrator have all taken an oath of privacy to protect your materials.) 

I am planning on attending the upcoming annual conference and would like to take the CVS exam while I am there.  If I bring my application with me, may I take the exam?

You must submit your application including your paper and documentation to the board for their review and receive their approval of the application prior to sitting for the exam.  This process takes approximately three (3) months.  Therefore, you would not be able to sit for the exam if you have not been previously approved.

I took a MOD I two months ago, but was unable to take the AVS exam.  I would like to take the exam.  Is the price still the same?  How do I go about taking it?

The fee for the exam if taken with the MOD I is either $60 if you are a member in good standing with SAVE, $100 if you are not.   If you take the exam at another time, the fee is $120 for SAVE members and $160 for non-member.
To take the exam after a MOD I, you will need to select a proctor, and request that person to request to the Administrator, permission to be your proctor.  Once that has been approved, the exam is mailed to the proctor who gives you the exam and then who returns it to the Administrator.

I am a CVS and no longer practicing VE. How do I go about changing my status to Retired?

Simply write or email the Administrator who will note your file and you will no longer have to pay the maintenance fees.  Should you decide to go back to work, email the Administrator to that effect at which time your maintenance fees will commence again.

I am currently enrolled in Graduate School.  What would the AVS exam fee be?

The non-student fee schedule would apply to you.  The $20.00 student fee is only for those enrolled in a SAVE approved VM course which is credited as a MOD I.